Title: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone(Harry Potter #1)Author: J.K. Rowling.Publication Date: 11-1-03Publisher: Scholastic Pages: 310Goodread's Synopsis: "Harry Potter has never played a sport while flying on a broomstick. He's never worn a Cloak of Invisibility, befriended a giant, or helped hatch a dragon. All Harry knows is a miserable life with the Dursleys, his horrible aunt and uncle, and their abominable son, Dudley. Harry's room is a tiny cupboard under the stairs, and he hasn't had a birthday party in ten years.

But all that is about to change when a mysterious letter arrives by owl messenger: a letter with an invitation to a wonderful place he never dreamed existed. There he finds not only friends, aerial sports, and magic around every corner, but a great destiny that's been waiting for him... if Harry can survive the encounter."

My Review: I heard so many things about this series but never read it. I didn't really like the movies at all. So I was like the books are awful too I'm not going to read them ever in my life. Well I was wrong this book was really good it was amazing like other books but really good. For me as I started to read and got about half way through the book and stopped reading it for a week then finished up. Well that last half was really slow for me I don't know if it was because I stopped or if it just seemed to dragged out. Either way that made me weary about the giving it 5 stars. This book really had a lot of world building plus the chapters were long and seemed to drag out a lot. So that was the only thing that I found wrong with it other that than I liked it.

For me the plot was a difficult for me to decide what the plot actually was. In the beginning Harry Potter was a normal boy who survived the attack on his parents by Lord Voldemort. He seems quite famous is the Wizard world. Anyways like most main characters they have a tragic back ground. An awful childhood he had. When he turned 11 he kept getting this letters everyday. Wow I thought this was a level of an extreme case of stalking. I mean you don't send letters that much everyday. His uncle decides to rip them up and they kept getting these letters. Hagrid finds Harry they take Harry shopping for school and such. Then there is someone trying to kill him but they think its Snape. I did to as well then there is this huge plot twists then we are at the end of his first year. For me its kinda hard to put everything that happens in a year but she does which means there is a lot of gaps in between everything. Which makes you wonder what happens in between that time and if it was really necessary to drag it out.

The characters there a ton of them. There is Harry Potter is the main character he is ah he's hard for me to describe because I didn't really feel like I knew him a much as I could. I understood he had a tragic past. I couldn't really connect to all the characters as much as I wanted. Each of them seem distant.

Title: Wither (Chemical Gardens 1)Author: Lauren DeStefano Publishers:Simon & Schuster Books for Young ReadersPublication Date: 3-22-11Goodreads Synopsis: "By age sixteen, Rhine Ellery has four years left to live. She can thank modern science for this genetic time bomb. A botched effort to create a perfect race has left all males with a lifespan of 25 years, and females with a lifespan of 20 years. Geneticists are seeking a miracle antidote to restore the human race, desperate orphans crowd the population, crime and poverty have skyrocketed, and young girls are being kidnapped and sold as polygamous brides to bear more children.

When Rhine is kidnapped and sold as a bride, she vows to do all she can to escape. Her husband, Linden, is hopelessly in love with her, and Rhine can't bring herself to hate him as much as she'd like to. He opens her to a magical world of wealth and illusion she never thought existed, and it almost makes it possible to ignore the clock ticking away her short life. But Rhine quickly learns that not everything in her new husband's strange world is what it seems. Her father-in-law, an eccentric doctor bent on finding the antidote, is hoarding corpses in the basement. Her fellow sister wives are to be trusted one day and feared the next, and Rhine is desperate to communicate to her twin brother that she is safe and alive. Will Rhine be able to escape--before her time runs out?

Together with one of Linden's servants, Gabriel, Rhine attempts to escape just before her seventeenth birthday. But in a world that continues to spiral into anarchy, is there any hope for freedom?"

My Review: This story is different in a good way. I wasn't sure how I like it at first then it got really good. Yes this was creepy in ways but I loved this book so much. It got better as it went along and I couldn't stop reading this book. I didn't like how it was slow but it picked up as I went along. I really didn't think it was necessary for Ceily to have a baby after all she was only 13!!!! Thats all she could talk about I personally didn't like her at all. I will talk more about her later in the review. Anyways besides that it was a really good read and I loved it.

So the plot in away is very different like I said before. At the age of 20 and 25 people die because of a virus that was caused by the perfection of the human race. We don't find out much about the virus but maybe we will as we go along with the series. I don't know. Right off the bat you have an action scene that grabbed my attention but after the taking of the girls for sister wives and the mass murdering of girls they rushed into things slowly with the wedding. The main character Rhine doesn't like it there and she is trying to escape this situation. I wouldn't blame her at all. It would seem awful to be here. It was little easy to predict that Rhine would escape that and she would end up with Gabriel the help typical stuff. I think the reason it was so slow is this book had so much of a complex world that need to be built. But now that we know everything hopefully things will be really good in the next book. We don't know much about Gabriel or Rhine's twin brother, Rowan. Maybe we will in the next book I don't know."

Rhine was an okay main character she wasn't the best I have read about but I liked her. She wasn't the annoying type like Ceily and she wasn't bitter either. She wouldn't stop trying to get back to her brother. Gabriel we don't know much about but I liked him he was trying to protect Rhine the whole time without getting killed. Linden I felt so bad for him when Rhine ran way. Linden is this story's Maxon they are both so sweet and kind. I didn't like Linden's dad he was like Maxon's dad but like worse in so many ways. Ceily one of the other characters that I hate. She is a little nosy 13 year old kid who is the worse character every I hated her so much. She needed to mind her own business. Oh Mr.Sir Rhine and Gabriel are seeing each other. That is one of the many situations that happened here.

Overall this was really good book. I should have wrote this review sooner so things would be clearer in my head.

I found some of the shifts in point of view, especially at the beginning, quite confusing. Apart from that, I really didn't have too many other problems with it. However, I did have a hard time deciphering whether Akiva, Karou, and later Madrigal was telling the story.

Characters:

Karou:

I thought she was an okay character and expect her to grow much more as the series continues. I like how she's very self-sufficient, and although I don't like it, how well she can juggle her friendships.

Akiva:

Honestly, it was nice seeing the guy as the tormented character for a change, but I think he was too tormented if that makes sense.

Brimstone:

I really love this character. Even before it's revealed that he has a soft spot for Karou, the reader can see that. Apart from that, he is such an awesome and genuine character you can't help but fall in love with.

Issa:

I loved reading about her relationship with Karou and how she was a mother to Karou. I really enjoyed reading about her and wish every book had an Issa.

Overall:

I liked the book apart from what I mentioned above and will continue reading to find out what happens and see how all of the characters grow.

Meanwhile, Sam has lived two lives: In winter, the frozen woods, the protection of the pack, and the silent company of a fearless girl. In summer, a few precious months of being human… until the cold makes him shift back again.

Now, Grace meets a yellow-eyed boy whose familiarity takes her breath away. It's her wolf. It has to be. But as winter nears, Sam must fight to stay human—or risk losing himself, and Grace, forever."My Review:﻿This is the second time I read this book. The reason I started this book before was because a classmate did an oral book report on it and I loved it so much and wanted to read this book. It pulled me from the plot and everything. To me this was better the second time around then the first. Its not typical but it is in a way. It still has the forbidden love in it. The reason it is in not a typical werewolf story is because the way the author set up which I will explain more to when I get into the plot. The chapters were short and quick making this a really fast pace read. For the cover I used the UK edition because it is amazing and better than US edition. Below the review I will post where you can buy the both editions of the book. Anyways the cover fits the book.

So the plot is what made me want to read this book. One out of two main characters is Grace. Grace was attacked when she was younger. For some reason though she didn't change. Which is what I really want to find out no matter how bad the next books are or how good they are this better be solved. Anyways Sam is the person who saved her which is the other main character. Sam is a werewolf every summer he turns into a human while during winter he turns back. The problem is you only have a certain amount of time to change back and worth and forth. Well for Sam time is running out. Sam and Grace meet they fall in love and now Sam has to fight to stay human or go as wolf and leave Grace behind. There is a major plot twist at the end.

The characters in this book are Grace and Sam they fall in love and one of them is a werewolf so yeah. This book is told from both point of views and it doesn't get confusing. Both of the characters are sweet and are perfect for each other. They deserve a happy ending at the end of this series. They really do. I'm shipping them. I mean Sam is one of mine book boyfriends but not on the top of the list.

I want to say thank you to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and NetGalley for letting me reading this book in exchange for a review. The main reason it wasn't a five star book was because it was confusing for me throughout the book. Things became clearer as the book went along which was good. I love this book so much it was amazing and I can't wait to continue this series and buy the whole series. Its really good historical fiction/fantasy book. The plot and the ideas of the story was really creative. It drags the reader in.

So the plot of the story is about this girl Ismae who has the mark of death. Three years later she is taking this test as an assassin to get to her vows in the covenant. Then she meets this guy who throws her off and its really hard to explain without giving you the whole story away which is something I don't want to do. I love how this plot is very well developed and has many twist and turns. It was predictable, but it didn't make you want to stop reading this book.

There's way too many characters for me to describe. The main character is Ismae she is an assassin. I think if you like Throne of Glass you would like this book too. Ismae is different though. She isn't cold and so set on killing things or revenge. She is wants to do whats right but at the same time she is trying to find herself. Throughout out the book she ends up questioning herself from what is right and wrong. I think that makes her very easy to relate to. I love how this isn't an insta love and you can see it happen. You know its going to happen but at the same time you don't because then she would have to give up her life in the covenant.

Overall it was a great book I loved it. I can't wait to start reading the second book.

I want to say thank you to Wunderland Press and NetGalley for letting me review this book for them. This book was a nice light read. It was a cutesy book. I honestly didn't think I would like this book as much as I did. I read the reviews already posted before I read the book. Some people may say this is a bad but I like seeing a glimpse of it happening and what that person didn't like. There wasn't much about the plot that I didn't like. If you think about the idea is over use, but it still was a good read.

Plot this was a very basic idea. Best friend fall for each other and take the whole book to come out and say it. Overly use like I said before. I want something different and unique about the plot to keep me into it. With a lot of twists and turns it did. They took something basic and made it really good.

Characters I didn't really have any characters I liked in this book. Riley was really annoying and stupid at times. Love does make people do stupid things. I feel like a lot of people could relate to this story and her. Riley is kinda of in an abusive relationship in way that her ex is controlling. Max is an okay character I mean he and Riley were cute together.

Overall this was book okay. Too me I seen most of this stuff before. Yes there was different twists in ,but not enough.

Title: TransformedAuthor: E.V FairfallNumber of Pages: 277Date of Publication: According to Goodreads 1/1/14Goodreads Synopsis: "Thea, all-mighty Mother Earth, only had one rule to follow above all else, one promise to keep to her brother: never take a human form. She would've kept that promise if it weren't for Brice. He's handsome and confident, but above all he's merciless.

He's also a hunter who has tormented Thea for years. She believes if she could teach Brice compassion, she might finally be able to save her creations and herself from his savage ways. Then she meets Chamber: another hunter.

She soon finds herself fascinated by−and torn between−the two boys: Brice and Chamber. Lost within a torrent of human emotions, Thea starts to lose who she is as she falls in love with the one thing that she's always hated: a hunter… a human."

My Review: I want to say thanks to the author for letting me read this in exchange of an honest review. I have been meaning to read this book for awhile now and I haven't gotten around to and I had a certain amount of time to read it. You don't need to know the life story on why I read the book. I really wanted to give this book a five but I have one tiny problem with it and that was it had a slow beginning. Other than that wow. I also I had a few questions I left not answer. First question was she blind for the rest of her life? Did her Chamber live forever happily ever after. This comes to my overall cause. I don't think mentioned it in any other review here it is I hate and dread stand alones. Number one reason they always leaving you wanting more. So yes this left me wanting more. It was a quick read for me it took me around an hour to finish. Just wow. This was amazing.

The plot was so creative. When you think about Mother Earth I think about Percy Jackson and Gaea. Well Thea not even close to Gaea. Without me spoiling anything more than I already have Thea is trying to save Earth hence Mother Earth. She thinks she can do by making a hunter fall in love with her and then have him shoot her. For all you people who have read the book there was some big irony at the end. It was one of the best parts of the book I kinda wanted to laugh but at the same time I felt a little bit of sadness. Just a little bit. This was so creative and loved everything about it.

All the characters are amazingly done. Thea is strong willed she does what she needs to do to save Earth and she never gives up. Like her brother said she had more empathy or something like that than most humans. Then there is Cricket the squirrel I could so picture the interacting with Thea. Brice was the main bad guy in the story. Then in another way humanity could be another main bad guy. Chamber is like so perfect for Thea. They were made for each other no joke.

Overall amazing book. So go to amazon now and click the buy button or pre-order button now!!!! Instead of reading this review you should be waiting to read this book or already started. This book will leave you wanting more trust me on that. The author could always make a novella yeah and my problems would solve. But then where will I be after there is no more about Thea and Chamber. I will read anything this author writes. So I hope she comes out with more books because she's amazing this was amazing.

Whenever you go into a new book or a new author or even a new genre you never know what to expect. This is this author's first book and that sometimes people don't like reading new authors. Well they deserve a chance. Especially this one. Like I said before I can't wait to read some of her other books when they come out. I honestly didn't really think that I would love this book as much as I did and I say that about all the books that I love.

I want to say thank you to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and NetGalley for letting me read this book in exchange for a review. It was confusing at first because I was hoping for Ismae's pov but it turn got Sybella's instead. This book is more heart warming then the first book because it is more personal and you ended up understanding her more. I loved this book so much it was really good. There wasn't anything I didn't dislike from this book. This is a really good sequel one of the best I have read this year. This book kept you wanting more. The plot didn't get boring and it didn't really drag on. I do admit that there is a cliffhanger like the first book. What I really love is that each story leaves you wanting more from the person. You want to know what happens between Beast and Sybella at the end of the book.

The plot is basically Sybella trying to find herself through out the book. She doesn't really know who she is and she is convince that she doesn't deserve to be loved. She has one goal in mine and that is to kill her father but things don't go as plan and when she helps Beast he takes her with him. It was kind of shocking that he dad is d'Albret. I also don't like that Reverend Mother? I think that is her. She is very fishy. She does end up finding love and its so cute. Again I love how it isn't insta love that takes the whole book for them to admit they like each other. Sometimes the characters get annoying in these situations, but she doesn't and that's really cool.

I really like Sybella as a main character. She is more like the main character from the Throne of Glass. It never cross my mind that she is like her so much until now. You also couldn't help feel bad for her. She may have this cold facde up but really she is kind. I'm glad she found love in Beast. Beast is no Chaol not at all. I feel like I can understand these characters more than the first book.

Overall great book. I loved it and can't wait to get my hands on Mortal Heart. I will be so happy but its going to be sad not to know what happens to Ismae and Sybella. Or maybe we will and we just don't know yet.